How to Improve goal scoring in Hockey

5 tips to improve scoring in Hockey

By Jeremy Rupke

This article sums up a few hockey tips that will help you score more goals.
• Shoot the Puck: If you look at the stats for the top all time scorers in the NHL you will see 10 out of 10 of the players with the most shots, also ALL have more than 600 goals. Too quote the great Wayne Gretzky, the highest goal scorer of all time. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" so do not give up a chance of scoring a goal in an attempt to score a "prettier" goal. Shoot the puck, and maybe one of your team mate will pop in the rebound if you miss.
• Be Creative: You do not always have to go top shelf, try shooting low, faking a shot, shoot five hole or deking. If you shoot for the same spot every time the goalie will stop you every time!
• Know the Goalie: If you can watch the goalie in the warm up then you can get a good idea of where the goalies weaknesses are. Once you find the goaltenders weak spots (places he has trouble stopping the puck) then you will know where to shoot and score more goals. You can even tell everyone on your team so they can score easier.
• Read Your Players: Knowing your fellow line mates is a great way to score more goals. If you know how your team mates play, you will know where to be on the ice to get a pass, when to rush the net and when to hang back. This will help you and your team mates set up more plays and score more goals.
• Do not Telegraph Your Shot: Goalies are well-trained, highly tuned puck stopping machines. Any hint you give them that you are going to shoot will give them that much more time to react and stop your shot. Some hints that you are going to shoot include stickhandling with the puck in front of you, and then moving it to your shooting side when you are going to shoot, looking right where you are going to shoot (it is good to take a peak, but do not make it really obvious) and breaking your stride.
Of course there are more tips like Go to the net, practice a quick release, and get open. These tips and more are covered in my next article. I hope these tips will help you score more goals in hockey. Keep an eye out for my next article called - 5 Traits Every Pure Goal Scorer Possesses.
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